The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Length of barbed wire, to which is attached two jam tin lids and two jam tins by pieces of wire or barbed wire. A large round piece of tin with crimped edges is attached to the main length of barbed wire by a length of string, which is entangled in the smaller length of wire connecting one of the jam tins.
Tins and lids were attached to the Australian wire entanglements at the top of Pope's Reserve Gully (to the left of Pope's Hill) to help warn sentries of Turks approaching the Australian lines.
This item was found near Pope's Hill in January 1919 by members of the Australian War Records Section (AWRS). The small party of AWRS staff, led by Lieutenant William Hopkin James, worked on Gallipoli, taking photographs and collecting items for the national collection from December 1918 to March 1919.
Two pieces of barbed wire. One piece consists of a single length of wire with barbs located along the length. The other piece consists of two lengths of wire, lightly twisted together, with barbs atta
Bundle of lengths of Turkish barbed wire. The wire is made from lengths of square edged wire that has been twisted to create a cork screw look, with barbs twisted around the length of wire. German b
Two sections of German barbed wire wrapped around pieces of wood. The larger piece, measuring, 35.5cm length x 15.5cm width x 17.6cm depth, is made from two lengths of wire twisted together wrapped ar
Bundle of short lengths of Turkish barbed wire. The square profile wire has long barbs twisted around it. Barbed wire cut to pieces by rifle, machine gun and shell fire. It was collected at Johnston
Folded bundle of lengths of rusted wire netting, or 'chicken wire'. There are two short lengths of British barbed wire woven into the netting, some thinner pieces of wire through part of the bundle wh
Four 'staples' to secure barbed wire entanglements to the ground. Each staple is made from a length of steel rod, bent in the shape of an arch. Both ends are pointed. These four staples were found
